It was a stirrer year for a beautiful match.
Overcoming a pandemic that refuses to die, new stories evolved, new ideas floated and the new champions took to the podium.
TOI sees everything that makes us sitting, watching and contemplating 2021 …
Renaissance Italy, or right? Not giving many Italian opportunities in the euro this year.
They failed to qualify for the last World Cup, Italian clubs did not really rule the scene, and was safe to say that they were at the best dark horses.
But Roberto Mancini’s children – without superstar notes – continued to cross one obstacle after another to be boiled to the last kick of the event when Gianluigi Donnarumma stopped the last British penalty kick to give their second European title.
It’s kind of Renaissance, but will you continue? They were again in a tight corner for the World Cup qualifying bed and may have to face Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo in March, 2022 to enter the Quadrennial exhibition which will take place in Qatar in November-des.
The deep blue is Color2021 the warmest looking at Chelsea’s awakening as European Powerhourse when they proceed to win the Champions League.
Fighting until the middle of the season under Frank Lampard, the team turned around under Thomas Tuchel.
They continued the severe beatings of Atletico Madrid, Porto and Real Madrid before running to Manchester City, the best team in England, in the final.
In the game where they really underdog, magic moments by Mason Mount and Kai Havertz saw the London club winning the second time.
Super league or super flop? Some of the top European clubs have struggled with Financial Post Pandemic and Real Madrid President Florentino Perez taking the European Super League that promises cash to Pind looking for casual.
A league held outside the scope of the UEFA which will provide the Redundant Champions League.
Of the 12 clubs that appeared at first, Nine was pulled out within a week after a big public global counterattack.
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, even though they did not retreat, even though the project was stored.
But the CAS gives a rap to the UEFA finger book when it refuses to give a real sanction or barca.
Mbappe, transfer Ronaldo Sagawhile Leo Messi moved to PSG taking cakes, Kylian Mbappe and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Club Futures are also an intense supervision problem.
Mbappe told PSG that he wanted to leave the club with the remaining years for his contract and realized Madrid bid a very large 200m euro.
But PSG did not care about the money and refused to respond to real transfer requests, forcing the French people to stay.
But came June, it was a previous conclusion that Mbappe would leave Paris, free.
Ronaldo, on the other hand, wants to leave Juventus.
For a while it seems like Manchester City will be his goal, but Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford in the middle of Fanfare.
Light at the end of the tunnel for Barcelona? Barcelona exploded in the second half of 2021 after Messi’s departure.
Under Ronald Koeman, Barcelona fainted both in the league and the Champions League.
Giants Catalan, for the first time since 2001, was eliminated in the Champions League stage while they misused in the seventh in the league, 18 real Adrift leaders.
But Xavi Hernandez’s boy’s house, could be said to be the largest 21st century midfielder, has been taken as a coach.
And below it, the new harvest of talented adult children – Nico, Gabi, pedri, Fati – shows the first signs that things can winding again at Camp Nou.